Books - Families

• Jonathan Stroud
• Walker Books Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781406394818
• Published: 01-04-2021

Set in a broken, future England, where gunfights and monsters collide, this is the exciting first title in a phenomenal fantasy teen series by bestselling children's novelist Jonathan Stroud.  England has been radically changed by a series of catastrophes - large cities have d...

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• Jess Kidd
• Canongate Books Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781838850203
• Published: 01-04-2021

Welcome to Little Snoddington, where nothing is normal and every day is magic . . .Nine-year-old Alfie Blackstack's parents have met a very unfortunate end. Now he's living in the SUPER CREEPY Switherbroom Hall with his mad-haired Aunt Gertie and warty Aunt Zita. The thing is, Alfi...

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• Michelle Paver
• Head of Zeus
• ISBN13: 9781789542417
• Published: 01-04-2021

Run wild with Wolf Brother in a Stone Age world we all want to be a part of with million-copy-selling author, Michelle Paver. Danger, magic and non-stop adventure await Torak, Renn and Wolf. The Clans will be tested as never before, as they battle to find ways to survive and thrive in their be...

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• Nicola Skinner
• HarperCollins Publishers
• ISBN13: 9780008422400
• Published: 01-04-2021

The extraordinarily inventive and inspiring new middle grade novel from the rapturously acclaimed author of BLOOM. This is the story of Kirsten, an apparently happy and successful 11-year-old YouTube star who meets a ship that comes alive... and is claimed by it as its...

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• Anthea Simmons
• Andersen Press Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781839130441
• Published: 01-04-2021

Zaynab is from Somaliland, a country that doesn’t exist because of politics and may soon be no more than a desert. Lucas is from rural Devon, which might as well be a world away. When they meet, they discover a common cause: the climate crisis. Together they overcome their differences t...

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• Cath Howe
• Nosy Crow Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781788005975
• Published: 01-04-2021

A beautiful, moving story of family, friendship and self-discovery. Super rich. Super shy. Super lonely. Lucas is all alone. Since his mum died, Lucas and his dad don't seem to understand each other at all - it's almost as if they're speaking different languages. With a long, hot summer facing...

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• Fleur Hitchcock
• Nosy Crow Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781788008648
• Published: 01-04-2021

The perfect thriller for the long, hot school holidays. It's a long, hot summer. As the water drains away from the reservoir, a car emerges. And there seems to be a body in it, a body that then disappears... Daniel and Florence start to investigate and uncover a long-ago robbery, missing gold...

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• Gill Lewis
• David Fickling Books
• ISBN13: 9781788452182
• Published: 01-04-2021

Pup and his boy are inseparable. But both their worlds change forever when Pup is cruelly taken away and abandoned in Dead Dog Alley.With nowhere else to turn, Pup joins a pack of misfit Street Dogs, who help him learn to fight for survival on the streets.Pup holds on to the hope of one day be...

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